Harrison Barnes to play for Team World in NBA Africa Game 2018 in August

DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes will continue his busy offseason when he’ll participate in the NBA Africa Game 2018 on Aug. 4 in Pretoria, South Africa. Barnes will be a member of Team World who will be competing against Team Africa. Some of Barnes’ teammates include DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors, Khris […]

Dallas Mavericks and Lympo app announce multi-year partnership to promote health and fitness tech

DALLAS, TX (MAY 31, 2018) – The Dallas Mavericks and Lympo, a blockchain app which motivates people to exercise and be healthy, are announcing today a multi-faceted partnership that includes a practice jersey patch and the renaming of all Mavs practice facilities. Later this year, the Mavericks and Lympo will unveil the rebranded Lympo Training […]

Dwight Powell to coach in the Basketball Without Borders Asia

DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell will be one of several National Basketball Association players who will put on their coaching hats and coach in the 10th edition of Basketball Without Borders Asia. Powell, other NBA players, NBA assistant coaches and former WNBA players will be coaching the top high school age campers from […]

Stephen Silas joins Rick Carlisle’s staff as the Mavs’ lead assistant coach, Melvin Hunt goes to the Hawks

DALLAS — Stephen Silas signed a multi-year contract today to become the lead assistant coach for Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, who announced the transaction via text. Silas replaces Melvin Hunt, who spent the past three seasons as an assistant on Carlisle’s staff before joining the staff of new Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd […]

Yogi Ferrell’s commitment to foster care

GARLAND – Becoming an integral part of Jonathan’s Place and all that it stands for was a natural fit for Dallas Mavericks guard Yogi Ferrell. Jonathan’s Place is a foster care and adoption program that provides a safe place, a loving home, and specialized services to children who have been abandoned, neglected or abused. Given […]

History of the No. 5 pick shows Mavs could get a good one on draft night

The Mavericks didn’t win the lottery. Fate played a cruel joke on us all when Dallas — which won an earlier tiebreaker against Atlanta to move up to the No. 3 spot in the lotto order — was passed up by those very same Hawks last week, along with the Sacramento Kings. It’s the second […]

Dennis Smith Jr. named to All-Rookie Second Team

DALLAS – The NBA announced today that guard Dennis Smith Jr. was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. It marks the second year in a row that Dallas has had a player earn NBA All-Rookie Team honors (Yogi Ferrell was named to the All-Rookie Second Team in 2016-17). Smith (6-3, 195) averaged 15.2 points, […]

Finley made a list, checked it twice and noted three things to keep the Mavs out of the Draft Lottery

CHICAGO – Sitting prominently on Michael Finley’s check list are three important things that he explains will assuredly prevent the Dallas Mavericks from being back in the dreaded NBA Draft Lottery again next year. And like Santa Claus, Finley made this list and checked it twice before revealing it to the media. “I think you […]

Mavs finished fifth in the Draft Lottery, but a deep draft means they’ll still get a solid draft pick next month

CHICAGO – As Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery was inching closer and closer to the Dallas Mavericks’ name being called, Michael Finley looked extremely stoic as he sat on the dais before a packed house at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel. Then, it all happened in a flash. NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said: “The fifth […]

Mavs unfortunately finished fifth in the NBA Draft Lottery

CHICAGO – Lady luck wasn’t on the Dallas Mavericks’ side Tuesday night as the Mavs unfortunately finished with the fifth pick in the annual NBA Draft Lottery, which was held at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel. However, Mavs vice-president of basketball operations Michael Finley said not to fret. Finley noted that because this is a […]